This photo from the Attorney General's office shows the multiple driver's license photos obtained by Raymond Pompey of Hackensack. State authorities used facial recognition technology to find the duplications, which led to Pompey's arrest. NJ Attorney General

TRENTON — A Hackensack man was among 38 people charged with identity theft thanks to the state's facial recognition technology used to detect fraudulent driver's licenses.

Raymond Pompey, 50, was indicted Monday, according to a statement issued today by Attorney General Jeffrey S. Chiesa.

According to his indictment, Pompey was able to obtain a commercial driver's license in the name of a deceased man, Edward Rivers, after his own license was suspended sex times for various traffic violations and missed court appearances.

Chiesa said Pompey, who has a record for identity theft, forgery and fraud, used the license to work as a bus driver for Coach USA.

His arrest comes as part of the first wave of prosecutions resulting from "Operation Facial Scrub", a full inventory of the photos in the state's Motor Vehicle Commission database. The operation, which began in December 2011, looks to find duplications among the more than 19 million photos, which in many cases indicate fraud or administrative errors.